Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-02
COL. M'LAUGHLIN CHALLENGED.


The following communication was re-
ceived yesterday at this Office. 1t will be
remembered that Schumacher has put up q
$50 forfeit with The MINER for wrestling
match with Pascoe, but reasonable time
having elapsed and Pascoe not accepting,
Schumacher accepts McLaughlin's challenge
on the terms contained in the letter below.
He says the challenge to Paseoe il still
open:
BUTTE, June 29-[To the Editor OF The
Miner. IA challenge appeared in your col.
umns OF the 9th instant from ]. II. Nc
Laughlin, challenging all comers to wrestle
him in collar-and-elbow or mixed style Of
wrestling. He has greatly the advantage
OF me in size and weight, but will wrestle
him Greco Roman style even, as that is
my style of wrestling. for q reasonable
amount, the winner to take the gate re-
ceipts, match to come off any time, the
sooner the better. PETER SHUMAcHER.
WHAT THE COLONEL SAYS.
Colonel Mclaughlin was shown this
challenge from Schumacher and said that it
was no reply to his challenge. He said: II
havo come West on business, but am ready
to abide by my challenge published in
The MINER, and don't propose to accept
any other. am at the service of any man
in the world on my own terms, bar none.
II they meet me, however, they must be
for blood. This man wants me to wrestle
him Gr@co-Roman. Another will want
Cornish style and somebody else will want
me to stand on my head. Wherever l 60
as soon as get into town, there are
dozen men anxious to make q little reputa-
ton and their share of the gate receipts by
meeting me. That's the way it was over in
Helena and was pestered with them until
laid out the best man they could produce.
ANY man who wants match with me must
meet me on my own terms or not at all. =" This
virtually settles any match with Schumacher
unless the latter will take the Colonel's
offer. which is very unlikely, the disparity
in size of the two being too great.
THE GREAT WRESTLER HERE.
Col.J.H. Mclaughlin arrived in town yes.
terday morning from Helena, where he threw
Buchanan on Monday at Knights of Labor
Hall. He says he threw him five times. but
they only gave him three falls. In reply to
inquiries, Col. Mclaughlin said: II don't
know when l commenced to wrestle. 1t
came to me naturally. l never learned or
was taught anything l know about it. l
was wrestling when was Is, and as kept
on and saw there was money in it l took
notice of myself and began to make it a
study. Ny style is the collar-and-elbow
hold. for which have held the champion
belt since the 10th OF March, 1870. held
the mixed championship belt of the world
for a year. until met and defeated Duiur
ut Detroit. on April 8, 1886, when, having
made an engagement with George B. Har.
ris, of the Chicago, Burlington & North
western. to devote myself to railroading
exclusively, turned to Dufur. after the
match was over, and told him l thought
him the best man had ever met, and as
was obliged to retire from the business
HANDED THE BELT OVER
to him as the worthiest man to wear it.
had to hold it for three years against all
corners, and had already held it one year,
but my engagement with the railroad pre-
vented my continuing in the business. and
since then have been steadily at work
on the road. Ny home is in Minneapolis
where my ia mily is now. j. j. BENJAMIN.
of New York. and some other small Try,
had been issuing challenges to me and
bantering me for a match, but | took no
netice of them. One day Mr.. Harris told
me he thought l shouldn't take any more
of Benjamin's banter, and il he was me ne
would 90 and lay these small fry out. l
asked him il he was serious and the result
was he gave me three months leave OF alb
sence to get into condition and meet
Benjamin. met him in Minneapolis on
the 25th of February last, straight collar
and elbow style, and beat him in twenty
three minutes. Since then got an exten'
sion of leave for three months and came
| West. am travelling
| - ~ q AyY M A. n RrAYNEAR
and as was looking for a location where
there world BE- q future for my son. have
concluded to engage as conductor on the
Manitoba Central. II l can will get the
passenger train between Butte and Helena
and make this Territory my future home
Col. McI,auehlin was born June 8, 1874,
and weighs about 24O pounds. He has
massive, handsome physique which com
mands attention everywhere, and is q UNI
| versal favorite, being emphatically q "hale
fellow well met" OF the most genial, hearty
manner. He is OF Scotch-Irish pafentage,
and was born in Binghamton, New York
He was in the war OF the rebellion, AND
from q private in the Twenty-si1t New
York Infantry received promotlon iol
became major in the Twenty-fourth New
York Cavalry. He won the belt at th'
Tournament in Detroit in 1870 as cham
nion collar.and- -elbov wrestler OF America
and has held it ever since,
DEFEATING ALL coAERs.
His toughest contest was with jacob d
Martin, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. He hat
thrae matches, two of which were prt
nounced draws. Martin, he says was th
.tronoest man he ever met, but he was tn
uufairest wrestler, and the first two dra "!
-are owing to the unfair holds Martin tool
-h;ch nreyented the Colonel getting nea
him in any shape. The third match, how
aver he fixed by insisting on the article
, being drswn up for the match strictly ac
cordine to the Henry James rules and hav